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Presidential Interpreter Fred Burks Tells High-Level Interpreting Stories Dear friends, Not many people have had the privilege of working directly with our world leaders. As I was most fortunate to have had this great honor, and as I resigned from interpreting work in late 2004 after 18 years with the U.S. Department of State, I …

Speaking Truth Makes Website Founder Fred Burks Celebrity for a Week in Indonesia  Jan. 29, 2005 Dear friends,  Last week I sent out an email describing both an excellent BBC documentary and my own personal experience as a presidential interpreter which reveal clear manipulations and fear-mongering by groups within the power elite in regards to the …

Secret Meeting in the Home of President Megawati of Indonesia Feb. 28, 2005 Dear friends,    A number of requests have come in for more information on the secret meeting to which I was a witness in September of 2002. My testimony in Indonesia last month related to this meeting made headlines in newspapers and TV programs …

Website Founder Fred Burks’ Resignation from State Department Reported in Washington Post Dec. 30, 2004 Dear friends, Many of you know from an earlier message that after working for 18 years as a language interpreter with the U.S. Department of State, I resigned last month because of a requirement to sign a new agreement which requires …

By General Smedley D. Butler That war is a racket has been told us by many, but rarely by one of this stature. Though he died in 1940, the highly decorated General Butler (two Congressional Medals of Honor) deserves to be heralded for his timeless message, which rings true today more than ever. His riveting …

Top U.S. General on Cover-up of Forces Behind War That war is a racket has been told us by many, but rarely by one of this stature. Though he wrote the landmark book War is a Racket in 1935, the highly decorated U.S. General Smedley Butler (two Congressional Medals of Honor) deserves to be heralded …